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Granary Building Environmental Impact Assessment, Shelby Cooper, Devon Fredericksen, Bora Kim, James White, Grant Wilson
Granary Building Environmental Impact Assessment, Shelby Cooper, Devon Fredericksen, Bora Kim, James White, Grant Wilson
College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
The Port of Bellingham proposes to partially demolish the Granary Building on the Bellingham New Whatcom redevelopment site located on the downtown waterfront. Partial demolition of the building--removing the northern portion of the building, increasing the distance between the building and the shoreline--is preferable to either complete preservation or total demolition for a number of reasons. Preserving at least some of the original structure would retain historic value within the proposed historic district of the New Whatcom waterfront space. Removing part of the structure would create more of a shoreline buffer to enhance habitat restoration of the adjacent Whatcom Waterway. …
Port Demolition Permit Application Project: Environmental Impact Assessment, Emily Cressman, Carolyn Kinkade, Doug Naftz, Ilyssa Plumer, Andrea Thomas
Port Demolition Permit Application Project: Environmental Impact Assessment, Emily Cressman, Carolyn Kinkade, Doug Naftz, Ilyssa Plumer, Andrea Thomas
College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
This environmental impact assessment addresses the Port of Bellingham's Demolition Permit application for the pulp storage building, the pulp screen room, and the bleach plant of the old Georgia-Pacific site located at Section 25, Township 38 North, Range 2 East in the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington State. The area has long been an industrial zone with a dynamic past of pulp and paper production. In 2008, the tissue mill on the site was demolished, paving the way for the remaining buildings to be demolished to allow for the Port's planned mixed development projects.